Re: ssh-keygen as a regular user

[Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br>]

On 12/05/2023 09:36, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2023-05-12 18:23:41 +0800, jeremy ardley wrote:
> > cd
> >
> > mkdir .ssh
> >
> > chmod 700 .ssh
> >
> > ssh-keygen
>
> Is there any reason why ssh-keygen doesn't create a .ssh directory
> (with the right permissions) if it doesn't exist yet?

It does, and even let's you know it did:

$ ssh-keygen 
                                              Generating public/private 
rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/ekalin/.ssh/id_rsa):
Created directory '/home/ekalin/.ssh'.
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in /home/ekalin/.ssh/id_rsa
Your public key has been saved in /home/ekalin/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
...

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Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
eduardo@kalinowski.com.br